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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Blackpool Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
19,226 approved · 3,031 refused · 1,114 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Aug 1995 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
4 KELVIN ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3AF
Received 27 Oct 2010259 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL
Received 27 Oct 201031 BANGOR AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HY
Received 29 Oct 2010160-162 ASHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0BX
Received 28 Oct 201014 LORNE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0RT
Received 28 Oct 201057 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5HD
Received 28 Oct 2010LANCASTER HOUSE, SHOREBURY POINT, AMY JOHNSON WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2RH
Received 1 Nov 2010LAND TO THE REAR OF 70 TO 100 REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Nov 20105 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 8 Nov 201023 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 8 Nov 201035 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 8 Nov 201039 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 8 Nov 201041 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 8 Nov 201049 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 8 Nov 201025-27 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 8 Nov 2010LAND BETWEEN GATESIDE DRIVE AND FORSHAW AVENUE, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Nov 20102 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4TQ
Received 2 Nov 201045 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 29 Oct 201043 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 29 Oct 201019 CAVENDISH ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9JR
Received 4 Nov 201012 CHARNLEY ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4PF
Received 4 Nov 20108 MONTAGUE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1AT
Received 4 Nov 2010454 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1QT
Received 5 Nov 20103 WESTBY AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3QL
Received 8 Nov 2010Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Blackpool Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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